Airborne Liberation Memorial
Details:
Located thirty yards to the left of the airborne memorial stele, in between two flagpoles. Monument This concrete, cylindrical monument commemorates the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions for liberating the district when they dropped in behind enemy lines, the night before the D-Day landings.
Monument Text:
5.6 JUIN 1944. LES 82e
ET 101e DIVISIONS U.S.A.
DE PARACHUTISTES
LIBERENT CE CANTON
5th.6th JUNE 1944. THE
82 ND AND 101 ST
AIRBORNE DIVISIONS
LIBERATE THIS DISTRICT
Commemorates:
Units:
82nd Airborne Division
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion
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